the years of medical research‚ scientists have immorally exploited animals in the sense that they cannot decide for themselves. They have continually tested animals without the remorse of an animal having a life but only thinking of them as a prized possession; a toy easily thrown away. The truth about animal experimentation is that the world does not need
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Several summers ago‚ shortly after I graduated 6th grade‚ my mother and I took the pilgrimage that all East Coasters with a week of free time and a fresh passport must take. By this‚ of course‚ I refer to seven days of good old fun-in-the-sun in a Caribbean resort. Like many other families‚ we had planned to go directly to the resort town of Punta Cana‚ in the Dominican Republic‚ until our flight back to New York departed a week later. And so it was‚ for several days at least. But lazy afternoons
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life in the company of other humans‚ not objects. Where is the line drawn? Is it possible to cling on to a possession so much that it starts to detrimentally affect the person involved? W.D. Valgardson’s short story The Novice demonstrates that this is certainly a possibility. The protagonist undergoes a similar situation; he gets caught up in idealism (glamorizing his boat – his prized possession (named Sally Anne) – to nearly abnormal proportions) which skews his perception of “truth”. The reason he
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The way a character gets its reputation is affected by the way the reader and other characters view them‚ and that perspective can change at any point throughout the storyline. In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice‚ Shylock is presented as the most developed character. Shakespeare purposely creates both an antagonist and protagonist in Shylock‚ by creating a change in view for the reader throughout the play. He can be viewed as a hated Jew that is often referred to as a villain‚ a devil‚
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Ashley S. Dela Viña English Nectar in a Sieve Novel Analysis K(What I know about the novel) | W(What I want to know about the novel) | L(What I learn from the novel) | Nectar in a Sieve is an Indian novel written by Kamala Markandaya. It is about a girl who was married at a young age to a farmer. And faced a lot of challenges throughout her life. | I want to know how the protagonist of the story will live her life as a wife. Also the struggles she will face and the things she would do and
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Fast forward to when she was older‚ and after her acting career had begun. She was tired of all the dumb blonde roles. She moved to New York City to study acting with Lee Strasberg at the Actors’ Studio shop. Monroe had very few possessions. Her most prized possession was an autographed photo of Albert Einstein which read “To Marilyn‚ with respect and love and thanks.” (Banner‚ pg 16) This indicates that she was drawn to people who were educated and appreciated
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The Effects of the Columbian Exchange It was the year 1492‚ and a man by the name of Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain where he then landed in the present day Americas‚ sparking one of the most important events in the world‚ the Columbian exchange. The Columbian exchange has shaped the world to what it is today with the exchange of goods from the Old World to the New World‚ and vice versa. The Columbian exchange caused numerous short and long-term effects in the Americas and many other
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In a sense computers have been around for centuries. The abacus‚ a counting machine‚ was invented by the Chinese sometime between 500 and 400 BC. The numeral zero was first recognized and written by Hindu’s in 650 AD‚ without which written calculations would be impossible. In 1623 the great grandfather of the processor was born‚ the calculating clock. Wilhelm Schickard of Germany invented this adding‚ subtracting‚ multiplying‚ and dividing machine based on the principle of algorithms. For the next
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could come out of hiding. Anne wrote about playing outside and feeling the wind on her face. She wrote about all the bad and good things that happened in her life and what was going on in the annex. " Her sole comfort was her diary‚her most prized possession"(Lewis‚P.8). Anne’s diary became one of the most popular books written during World War II. The book has been translated into 70 different languages and is one of the most popular books in the
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In Citizen Kane‚ symbols‚ in particular‚ two sleds are presented as being of some significance to the story. In the beginning of the film‚ at the end of the film‚ and when Kane is seen at one of his most joyful moments‚ we are shown his most prized possession and his one childhood love; his original sled‚ Rosebud. Kane’s childhood sled is symbolic of Kane’s innocent and carefree childhood. Rosebud was the only thing that stood out in Kane’s youth. It was the final item he had hold of before being
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